Medical Definition of Ascogonium
1. The female cell in an ascomycete that is fertilised by the male cell. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascogonium
Literary usage of Ascogonium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1898)
"The ascogonium becomes enveloped in other branches which start from below ...
The mature ascogonium bears several sacs, each containing eight ascospores. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In others (eg, Ay lana, as far as known at present) no male organ is produced,
but there is an ascogonium which does not, however, give" rise to asci ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany by Charles Herbert Clark (1898)
"The ascogonium becomes enveloped in other branches which start from below ...
The mature ascogonium bears several sacs, each containing eight ascospores. ..."
4. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"F, ascogonium with two cells ; upper cell has two nuclei. ... In speaking of this
part of the development the term ascogonium will be used. ..."
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